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<title>&title;</title>
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<cvs:keyword xmlns:cvs="http://www.FreeBSD.org/XML/CVS">$FreeBSD$</cvs:keyword>
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<body class="navinclude.developers">
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<p>The FreeBSD Project is looking forward to participating as a mentoring
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organization in <a
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href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2014">Google
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Summer of Code</a> 2014.
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This program funds students $5,500 USD to contribute to an open source project over
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the summer break.
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We have had over 160 successful
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students working on FreeBSD as part of this program in <a
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href="&base;/projects/summerofcode-2005.html">2005</a>, <a
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href="&base;/projects/summerofcode-2006.html">2006</a>, <a
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href="&base;/projects/summerofcode-2007.html">2007</a>, <a
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href="&base;/projects/summerofcode-2008.html">2008</a>,
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<a href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2009Projects">2009</a>,
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<a href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2010Projects">2010</a>,
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<a href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2011Projects">2011</a>,
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<a href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2012Projects">2012</a>
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and
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<a href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2013Projects">2013</a>.</p>
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<p>This page and the ideas lists will be updated throughout the application period
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to include new information, such as project ideas, proposal information,
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and potential mentor contact information. If you don't see an idea that
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interests you, visit again in a couple of days! Additionally, we welcome
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proposals unrelated to the ideas listed here.</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#benefits">Benefits of Participating</a></li>
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<li><a href="#students">Past Student Projects</a></li>
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<li><a href="#ideas">Example Proposal Ideas</a></li>
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<li><a href="#mentors">Possible Mentors</a></li>
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<li><a href="#proposals">Proposal Guidelines</a></li>
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<li><a href="#infrastructure">Infrastructure Provided to Students</a></li>
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<li><a href="#faq">Frequently Asked Questions</a></li>
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<li><a href="#advertise">Advertise on Your Campus</a></li>
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</ul>
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<a name="benefits"></a>
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<h2>Benefit of Participating</h2>
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<p>Google Summer of Code is an exciting opportunity for students to
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"intern" with an open source project for a summer. The FreeBSD
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Project, as one of the most successful and oldest open source projects,
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is an excellent place to do this internship. Founded in 1993, the
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project now consists of several hundred "committers" and tens of
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thousands of contributors. FreeBSD is the foundation for many
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commercial products, including Apple's Mac OS X, NetApp's OnTap/GX,
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Juniper's JunOS, as well countless other products, and is widely used
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in the Internet Service Provider and corporate IT worlds. Many of
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these sponsors participate daily in the FreeBSD community, and students
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have the opportunity to develop software ideas in an exciting
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environment with many real world applications, and under the mentorship
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of experienced developers.</p>
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<p>After the summer ends, students can be sponsored by Google or
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the FreeBSD Foundation to attend operating systems and open source
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conferences to present on their work, and a significant number go on to
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become FreeBSD developers. It's also a great job networking
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opportunity!</p>
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<a name="students"></a>
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<h2>Past Student Projects</h2>
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<p>For a complete list of student projects from previous years,
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visit:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2013Projects">Summer of
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Code 2013 FreeBSD Projects Wiki</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2012Projects">Summer of
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Code 2012 FreeBSD Projects Wiki</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2011Projects">Summer of
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Code 2011 FreeBSD Projects Wiki</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2010Projects">Summer of
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Code 2010 FreeBSD Projects Wiki</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2009Projects">Summer of
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Code 2009 FreeBSD Projects Wiki</a></li>
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<li><a href="&base;/projects/summerofcode-2008.html">Summer of Code 2008 FreeBSD
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Projects Summary</a></li>
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<li><a href="&base;/projects/summerofcode-2007.html">Summer of Code 2007 FreeBSD
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Projects Summary</a></li>
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<li><a href="&base;/projects/summerofcode-2006.html">Summer of Code 2006 FreeBSD
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Projects Summary</a></li>
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<li><a href="&base;/projects/summerofcode-2005.html">Summer of Code 2005 FreeBSD
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Projects Summary</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>See also our wiki pages for student projects [<a
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href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2008">2008</a>,
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<a
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href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2007">2007</a>,
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<a
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href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2006">2006</a>, and
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<a
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href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2005">2005</a>].</p>
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<a name="ideas"></a>
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<h2>Example Proposal Ideas</h2>
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<p>The FreeBSD Project maintains a <a
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href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2014">list of possible ideas</a>
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on our wiki.
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All projects listed are believed to be sized for a
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useful summer hacking, and have technical contacts who can help answer
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questions as you write your proposal.
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We also maintain a more generic <a
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href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/IdeasPage">Ideas Page</a>. These projects
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are less suitable as Summer of Code projects as they may be
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scoped larger or smaller than a summer, or might not have such a clear
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mentor — we suggest e-mailing our soc-admins alias for help if you do
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decide to propose one of them.
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These pages exist to help provide inspiration. Students are also welcome,
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and are indeed encouraged to propose your own ideas, and if the proposal is
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strong, we'll try to match you with a mentor!</p>
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<p>For additional ideas about upcoming development projects in
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FreeBSD, take a look at recent <a
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href="&base;/news/status">Developer Status Reports</a>.</p>
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<a name="proposals"></a>
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<h2>Proposal Guidelines</h2>
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<p>Students are responsible for writing a proposal and submitting it
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to Google before the application deadline. The following outline
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was adapted from the Perl Foundation.
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The objective of the proposal is to identify
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what is to be done, explain why this needs to be done, and convince us
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that:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>You are qualified to do this project. This means both having the
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necessary background and demonstrating a general understanding of the
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problem.</li>
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<li>You have the resources (especially time!) needed to complete the
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project within the working period of the Summer of Code.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>A strong proposal will include (at least):</p>
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<h3>General Information</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><p><strong>Name</strong></p></li>
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<li><p><strong>Email</strong></p></li>
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<li><p><strong>Phone</strong></p></li>
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<li><p><strong>IM/IRC</strong></p></li>
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<li><p><strong>Availability</strong></p>
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<p>How many hours per week will you spend working on this? How many on
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other things? What other obligations (work, school, vacation,
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weddings, etc.) do you have this summer? Be as specific as possible:
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when will the project begin and end? You should be ready to produce
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a day by day schedule before the program starts.)</p>
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<p><strong>Please note</strong>: participating in Google Summer of Code
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is a significant time commitment, and you should not apply if you
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already have another full-time job planned for the summer.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>Biography</strong></p>
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<p>Who are you? What skills do you bring to this project? What is your
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past involvement with The FreeBSD Project? (Past involvement is not
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required, but ideally you will have at least installed FreeBSD and
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perhaps fixed a bug or two) If your project includes programming in
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a particular language, such as C, or in a specific environment, such
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as the kernel or an embedded platform, what experience do you have
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working in that area? Are you familiar with or a user of revision
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control systems? Have you completed courses that will be relevant to
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your project idea? What do you think you will need to learn to
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complete this project?</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>Possible Mentor</strong></p>
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<p>Optional, but highly recommended. Do not put a name here if you have
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not contacted them.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<h3>Project Information</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><p><strong>Project Title</strong></p>
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<p>In forty characters or less, what you propose to do.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>Project Description</strong></p>
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<p>A few paragraphs describing your project. Direct copies from the
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ideas page will be rejected - proposals should reveal that you have
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done some research into the problem and its solutions. Include both
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what you will be doing and why it is a good thing for The FreeBSD
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Project.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>Deliverables</strong></p>
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<p>A list quantifiable results and related code milestones. We suggest
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at least two milestones before the mid-term evaluations and two
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after. Where appropriate, this schedule should include multiple
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committable or releasable points so people can benefit from and/or
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test your work as early as possible.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>Test Plan</strong></p>
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<p>What parts of your code need testing and how do you plan to test
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them? This might include both functionality and performance tests.
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</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>Project Schedule</strong></p>
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<p>How long will the project take? When can you begin work?</p></li>
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</ul>
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<a name="mentors"></a>
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<h2>Mentors</h2>
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<p>A number of FreeBSD committers are willing to mentor students. A
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good place to start is the 'Technical contacts' listed with the
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example projects on the <a
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href="https://wiki.FreeBSD.org/SummerOfCode2014">ideas page</a>.</p>
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<a name="infrastructure"></a>
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<h2>Infrastructure Provided to Students</h2>
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<p>In previous years, the FreeBSD Project provided access to FreeBSD
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Subversion and
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Perforce revision control infrastructure in order to facilitate
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student collaboration, provide public access and archiving for the
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on-going student projects, and to help mentors and the community
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monitor on-going work. It is expected that students participating
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in future programs will be offered the same facilities. Students
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will also be asked to maintain wiki pages on their on-going
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projects. In the past, e-mail, IRC, and instant messaging have
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proven popular among students and mentors, and students
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participating in the FreeBSD summer program are encouraged to use
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these and other electronic communication mechanisms to become active
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in the community.</p>
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<a name="faq"></a>
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<h2>Frequently Asked Questions</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><p><strong>When are proposals due, and how do I submit mine?</strong>
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</p>
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<p>At the time of writing, Google has announced the following dates of
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interest relating to the application process:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><p><strong>10 March</strong> - Student application period opens.
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</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>21 March 19:00 UTC</strong> - Student application period closes.
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</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>21 April</strong> - Accepted students announced, students
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start creating their work plans.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>19 May</strong> - Coding starts.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>11 August</strong> - Suggested end of coding.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<p>Note that these dates may change, and the Google FAQ timeline is the
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authoritative source of detailed schedule information:</p>
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<ul><li><a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2014">GSoC 2014 Timeline</a></li></ul>
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<p>All students must register with, and submit applications via, the
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Google Summer of Code home page:</p>
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<ul><li><a href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2014">Google Summer of Code Home Page</a></li></ul></li>
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<li><p><strong>What advice do you have for a student who might want to
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submit a proposal?</strong></p>
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<p>Experience suggests that the strongest proposals come from students
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who contact FreeBSD developers and potential mentors well in advance
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of submitting their proposal, seek feedback on their proposal ideas,
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and write proposals that reflect time spent exploring and understanding
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the problem area to be addressed. Even if the FreeBSD developer(s) you
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contact aren't the eventual mentor of the project, their feedback can
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be invaluable.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>Can I submit multiple project proposals to the FreeBSD
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Project?</strong></p>
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<p>Yes, but do make sure you invest adequate time in each proposal. We
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are not able to accept more than one project per student, so you may do
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better spending more time on one or two detailed proposals than by
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submitting lots of less-detailed ones.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>Will the FreeBSD Project accept more than one student for
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the same idea?</strong></p>
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<p>In general, we will accept only one student for any given proposal
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idea, as most proposal ideas in our ideas list are sized with a single
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student summer project in mind. This is a good reason to consider
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coming up with your own idea, or at least, making sure that your
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proposal for one of our project ideas reflects your unique contribution
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and viewpoint. If you plan to submit multiple proposals, you might
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consider doing one with an idea from the list, and another with an
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original idea.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>What if my proposal is not selected in the application
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process? Can I still participate?</strong></p>
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<p>We always have more good applications than student places, but that
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doesn't mean you can't do the project anyway. The FreeBSD Project
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always welcomes new volunteers to work on projects, and is generally
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happy to provide mentoring and support for students whose proposals
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could not be selected in order to allow them to work on their project
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anyway. You will need to work with the FreeBSD Project GSoC
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administrators to identify a possible mentor. However, Google will not
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fund that participation.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>What projects were completed successfully by students
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in previous summers?</strong></p>
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<p>Please see the <a
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href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2013Projects">2013 FreeBSD
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Summer of Code page</a>, as well as older project pages from
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<a href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2012Projects">2012</a>,
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<a href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2011Projects">2011</a>,
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<a href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2010Projects">2010</a>,
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<a href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2009Projects">2009</a>, <a
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href="summerofcode-2008.html">2008</a>, <a
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href="summerofcode-2007.html">2007</a>, <a
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href="summerofcode-2006.html">2006</a>, and <a
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href="summerofcode-2005.html">2005</a> for a list of the
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completed projects from previous years.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>How can I learn more about FreeBSD?</strong></p>
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<p>The <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/">FreeBSD Project Home Page</a>
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is the best way to learn more about the project — from there you can
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reach the FreeBSD Handbook, FreeBSD Developer's Handbook, project
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mailing list archives, regular project status reports, and more. If
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you have questions about specific project ideas, e-mail the technical
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contacts for those ideas. If you have general GSoC questions relating
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to FreeBSD, such as if you are unable to reach a project technical
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contact, need help finding documentation, or want to know who might be
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a good person to talk to about your idea, send them to <a
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href="mailto:soc-admins@FreeBSD.org">soc-admins@FreeBSD.org</a>.</p>
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</li>
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<li><p><strong>Is there an IRC channel I can join to talk about proposal
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ideas or get help finding out more?</strong></p>
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<p>You can join #freebsd-soc on the efnet IRC network to chat with
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FreeBSD developers interested in mentoring student proposals and
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projects, past FreeBSD/GSoC students, and other students applying to
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FreeBSD/GSoC this year.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<a name="advertise"></a>
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<h2>Advertise on Your Campus</h2>
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<p>Please help us advertise Google Summer of Code with FreeBSD at your
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local university or college campus! You can forward around our e-mail
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announcement to department and club mailing lists, and to department
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secretaries to distribute. You can also print out and post copies of the
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<a href="2014-freebsd-gsoc.pdf">FreeBSD GSoC 2014 poster</a>.</p>
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<p><a href="2014-freebsd-gsoc.pdf" style="float: left;"> <img
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src="2014-freebsd-gsoc-thumbnail.jpg"
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alt="[FreeBSD GSoC 2014 poster thumnail]" height="248" width="192"
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border="0" /></a></p>
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